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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
                                         Office of Solid Waste
                                       and Emergency Response
                               550-F-09-001
                                 June 2009
                     vwvw.epa.gov/emergencies
Spill Prevention, Control,  and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule Compliance
Date Amendment
On June 11, 2009, EPA amended the dates by which facilities and farms must prepare or amend Spill
Prevention, Control,  and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, and implement those Plans.  Facilities and farms must
amend or prepare, and implement SPCC Plans by the compliance date in accordance with revisions to the
SPCC rule promulgated since 2002.

What are the compliance dates for all facilities, including farms?
A facility starting operation...
On or before August 16, 2002
After August 16, 2002, through November 10,
2010
After November 10, 2010
Most-
Continue to maintain its existing SPCC Plan in
accordance with the SPCC rule. Amend and
implement that Plan no later than November 10,2010
Prepare and implement an SPCC Plan no later than
November 10, 2010
Prepare and implement an SPCC Plan before
beginning operations
Why did EPA extend the compliance dates?

To provide owners or operators of facilities time to
fully understand all the revisions to the SPCC rule and
make changes to their facilities and SPCC Plans to
comply with the revised requirements.

Who is eligible for the compliance date extension?

•  Facilities, including farms, in operation before
   August 16, 2002, that are maintaining a Plan in
   accordance with the SPCC requirements; and
•  Facilities, including farms, which began operating
   after August 16,  2002.

What is a "farm" for purposes of the SPCC rule?

EPA defines a farm as "a facility on  a tract of land
devoted to the production of crops or raising of
animals, including fish, which produced and sold, or
normally would have produced and  sold, $1,000 or
more of agricultural products during a year."
What should I do now?
•  Review the SPCC rule and amendments;
•  If your facility began operating before August 16,
   2002, then continue to maintain your SPCC Plan;
•  Identify areas of your SPCC Plan that require
   amendment (if applicable);
•  Make necessary facility modifications, if any, to
   comply with the SPCC rule revisions; and
   •  Be prepared to finalize amendments to your
       SPCC Plan and implement that Plan by
       November 10, 2010; or
   •  If your facility began operating after August 16,
       2002, then prepare a Plan and implement it no
       later than November 10, 2010.
            For More Information

Read the SPCC rule and amendments
http://www.epa.gov/emergencies

Review the Oil Pollution Prevention regulation
(40 CFR part 112)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/

Call the Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP, and Oil
Information Center
(800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810
TDD (800) 553-7672 or (703) 412-3323
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/resources/infocenter/index.
htm
Office of Emergency Management

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